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Our primary consultant GHD and its sub-consul- obtaining an updated MEPA Project Certificate from I tart Regina Villa Associates continued development the Secretary of Energy&Environmental Affairs,cre- t and implementation of a public information program ating a project schedule / time line, preparing a Pro- t regarding our nitrogen problem and the WNMP. One posed Capital Improvement Program budget for r result of that work was the establishment of a web site, FY2014-18 and negotiating amendments to our GHD 1 www.mashpeewaters.com, which explains the nitro- and SMaST contracts. Paul also became familiar with L gen problem,the WNMP and where our work stands. the town's existing private wastewater treatment V The site includes links to all the documents generated plants and participated in discussions with some of j ,t as part of the WNMP as well as the MEP reports for their owners relative to municipal acquisition, expan- our estuaries and other web sites dealing with the sion and operation. Paul was appointed by the i, nitrogen issue.There is also an information kiosk and Selectmen as Mashpee's representative to brochures available at Town Hall and the Mashpee Barnstable's Wastewater Community Advisory s Library to keep Mashpee residents informed on the Committee and has actively participated in the devel- f issue and our progress. You may also refer to the opment of the proposed Intermunicipal Agreement s Mashpee Blue Book,a citizen's guide to our nutrient- regarding Popponesset Bay nitrogen cleanup. He was i related water quality problems and what needs to be also the Commission's point person regarding pro- L done about them. Recordings of television broadcasts posed County wastewater planning efforts and a study s of our meetings can also be viewed on the Town's web conducted for the Air Force with regard to alternatives n site at http://www.mashpeema.gov. for the future of the MMR's wastewater collection, ;r treatment and disposal facilities,which may provide a The work of the mediator funded by the County new opportunity for dealing with wastewater nitrogen A to help develop agreements between Mashpee and the loads from a significant portion of the town. We will three other towns (Barnstable, Sandwich and find out more about the MMR's plans early in 2013. ; Falmouth) which lie within the Popponesset and y Waquoit watersheds as to each town's share of respon- The County's Cape Cod Water Protection h sibility for the cleanup of those estuaries continued to Collaborative continued its work on seeking state and i- move slowly. A draft Intermunicipal Agreement has federal funding assistance for wastewater facilities on d been prepared and circulated to the other two the Cape, on coordinating wastewater facilities plan- f- Popponesset Bay towns by the mediator, with good ning by the towns and on otherwise dealing with our progress made with Barnstable but less with water quality improvement needs. Selectman Mike Sandwich,which has only recently begun wastewater Richardson serves as the Town's representative on the n planning efforts. Determining each town's fair share Collaborative. The most important achievement of I. of responsibility is a key element in our planning the Collaborative to date has been its role in the devel- process, as it will help determine what amount of opment and passage by the state legislature of former �r wastewater treatment and other nitrogen reduction Senator O'Leary's bill (Chapter 312 of the Acts of measures Mashpee will have to fund and implement. 2008) which provides 0% interest loans for waste- water facilities primarily intended to prevent nutrient s Our part-time Sewer Commission Administrator, enrichment of water bodies or water supplies. The n Paul Gobell,PE,retired from the Massachusetts Water loans, however, are only available to applicants who J Resources Authority and previously employed by have a Comprehensive Wastewater Management Plan e EPA,began work in December 2011 and has reduced (CWMP) approved by DEP(the plan we are working j the work load of the Chairman and improved the on) and have adopted land use controls intended to t Commission's ability to coordinate our work with the limit wastewater flows to the amount authorized by e adjacent towns,the County and state and federal agen- zoning and wastewater regulations as of the date DEP r cies. Paul is now the primary public contact person approves the CWMP(so-called "growth neutral" reg- for the Commission and a valuable technical asset as ulations). The 0%loans are available only until 2019, s we finalize our plans. He can be contacted at in competition with other similar projects around the s (508)539-1400 ext. 8598 or at PGobell@mash- state, so we have a strong incentive to complete and peema.gov.Specific work projects in 2012,with occa- implement our wastewater plan as soon as possible. sional input from the Chairman and Commission, included renewal of our State Revolving Fund (SRF) With regard to the proposed conversion of the 0% loan to fund consultant work on the WNMP, Mashpee Water District to a Water & Sewer District, 163